Proverbs 25:4-10

⁴Take away the waste from silver, and a vessel will come out for the silver-worker.

⁵Take away evil-doers from before the king, and the seat of his power will be made strong in righteousness.

⁶Do not take glory for yourself before the king, and do not put yourself in the place of the great:

⁷For it is better to have it said to you, Come up here; than for you to be put down in a lower place before the ruler.

⁸Do not be quick to go to law about what you have seen, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbour has put you to shame?

⁹Have a talk with your neighbour himself about your cause, but do not give away the secret of another:

¹⁰Or your hearer may say evil of you, and your shame will not be turned away.